Although it became known for its iconic patri­o­tism dur­ing the 19th cen­tury, “The Star-Spangled Ban­ner” didn’t become our national anthem until a bill des­ig­nat­ing it as such was adopted by the Sen­ate and signed by Pres­i­dent Her­bert Hoover on March 3, 1931

What lessons would you like to take, as an adult? Kim Kar­dashian is tak­ing piano lessons at age 34. What would you like to learn as an adult? Take cook­ing lessons? Learn a new lan­guage? Pick up an instru­ment? Tell us here and 6:45 tomor­row morning.

You Have A Chance To Win Tick­ets to See Willam Joseph with the Teton Cham­ber Orches­tra. Find Out How On Our Classy 97 Face­book Page. The Con­cert is This Sat­ur­day March 7th. Joseph opened for Josh Groban’s “Closer” tour in 2014 and for Clay Aiken’s “Joy­ful Noise” tour in 2005. He has also per­formed with Natalie

What would you do if you were rich? We mean, really, really rich. For the 16th time in 21 years Bill Gates tops the Forbes’ list of the World’s Rich­est Peo­ple. His wealth is approach­ing $80 bil­lion. What would you do with money like that? A pri­vate island…fancy cars…philanthropy? Tell us what you would do

6 Trips to Take to Tackle Stress

Some­times life throws so much at you and it’s so hard to han­dle that the best thing to do is just get away from it. When can’t stand life’s heat, here are six great places to go to get out of the kitchen.

Take a Drive to a Quiet Place

Gain a sense of self-awareness. Being in a quiet place helps you clear your mind and med­i­tate on prob­lems you need to solve or tasks that you have to accom­plish. It helps you take a step back and think more rationally.

Watch a Movie

Watch some­thing light-hearted like a com­edy. Laugh­ter is always the best kind of med­i­cine. Get­ting caught up in story for an hour or two helps you regain focus.

Work it Out

Head to the gym or go for a run. Work­ing on your phys­i­cally health actu­ally helps your men­tal health at the same time. It gives you a sense of accom­plish­ment and also releases endor­phins in you brain, which make you feel happy.

Why Not Go to the Spa?

What could be more relax­ing then get­ting a mes­sage? Stress actu­ally builds up knots in your mus­cles caus­ing dis­com­fort and pain. Not only does mes­sage ther­apy relieve pain but it also improves cir­cu­la­tion, pro­vides relief from headaches, reduces anx­i­ety, gets rid of lower back pain, and help with insomnia.

Go to a Con­cert

Many of us love music. In fact, it’s a huge part of stress and relax­ation ther­apy. Like exer­cise, music also releases endor­phins, which help up your mood. What a great excuse to go see your favorite band live.

Take a Step Out­side

Being in the sun­shine gets you syn­the­size Vit­a­min D, which keeps us healthy and men­tally happy. Peo­ple with­out too much expo­sure to Vit­a­min D are extremely sus­cep­ti­ble to depres­sion. Go and absorb the happiness.